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I accept your concession that I am 100% correct and that as such there is nothing more to argue about.

It's been fun.

Guess since you're the NOOB with only 4 posts under your belt, you missed all the other debates had on this site on hd content added..mainly the addition of Shorts a few months back..Theres a new channel airing new stuff that nobody cares about in stretchovision..Have to give you some props, I have Time Warner and D* in my bar..And TCM-HD isn't rendered that great. It'll be interesting to see how it resonates on D* I'm sure any change from an SD channel is a plus..I hope..

I know, I was just messing with you. I don't think he's dumb enough to use a screen name that close to his real name.

notice the level of nothingness he is...you hear stories on celebrities and their fake look a-likes or fake identity schemes from schemers. Why is it he has no-one wanting to be him or be like him? says alot!!..

heh heh

back to topicHOORAY for TCM-HD ....upscaled is better than SD..ANYDAY!

The biggest problem with this is that it sets a bad precedent. Providers should be boycotting this channel until they start actually airing content in high definition. Right now it's false advertising to call the channel TCM HD.

If everyone pulled this **** at the start of the HD era nothing would be in native HD today. We'd all be dealing with 16:9 SD garbage like the Australians.

Actually, many HD channels started out showing either zero HD programming, or maybe 30 minutes to an hour a week.

Alan, I don't believe CSN Huston is on the air yet, as everything I have read says it's slated to begin broadcasting this fall when the rockets season starts, just as the new Lakers tw RSNs launch as well.

I accept your concession that I am 100% correct and that as such there is nothing more to argue about.

It's been fun.

I would somewhat disagree with your statements. Yes, there are some industry standards set for HD, generally accepted to be 720i/p and 1080i/p, but for something to be "high definition", it doesn't need to be sourced from a modern digital video camera.

An example: Star Trek:The Next Generation was shot using 35mm film, and from this film broadcast tapes were created with a 4:3 version of the show. These tapes are significantly better in quality than NTSC or PAL standards, and if you see the show on a current HD station, and you compare it to a SD station, the quality is a lot better, even though it comes from the exact same broadcast tapes.

Of course, at this moment they are re-digitizing the original 35mm to BluRay 1080p format, and the first season is to be released some time later this month I believe.... so by next year we will probably have all 7 seasons in BluRay format, and perhaps someone that wants to pick it up for syndication can no use the HD versions.

Similar things have been done with e.g. Seinfeld and Friends, which air in HD on several stations (TBS being one).

Maybe, in your view, the station of TCM doesn't have the RIGHT to carry the "HD" in the name, but the quality that is shown on screen is a lot better than what is shown on the SD version of the same station, so I would want to call it "high definition" for that reason alone. It may all be upconverted to 1080i, but it looks pretty darn good.

BTW: Your comment above might be viewed as smug and arrogant. Not really nice for a first time poster, people will usually remember the attitude you came in the room with. Just be friendly, it works a lot better.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

I'm pretty sure Swan Boy is a member that posts on here in disguise. If only to figure out who...

Well, since Swanni lacks balls, I highly doubt you ever will. He may not even post here, you don't have to have an account at all to see the posts.

[Disclaimer] The definition of "soon" is based solely on DirecTV's interpretation of the word, and all similarities with dictionary definitions of the word "soon" are purely coincidental and should not be interpreted as a time frame that will come to pass within a reasonable amount of time.

BTW: Your comment above might be viewed as smug and arrogant. Not really nice for a first time poster, people will usually remember the attitude you came in the room with. Just be friendly, it works a lot better.

Uh, from what I have seen of this poster from another site, that was being friendly.

Well, since Swanni lacks balls, I highly doubt you ever will. He may not even post here, you don't have to have an account at all to see the posts.

Swanni used to post as himself back in the day on various forums. I am thinking tivocommunity. Did he ever post here?

I love his latest blog. Basically, he should just put a link to this thread and say he is summarizing what we have discussed.

The trick of making SatRacer sound like several people is my favorite type of generic reporting. Rather than saying there is someone who often posts information that works from DirecTV, he makes it general using the plural form to make it vague.

Also, if he actually reads here, it is not only Sixto who *can* monitor this stuff, it is just that Sixto *likes* to monitor it and does great work for us here. Swanni makes it out to be something magical (then again, he is often like the natives who first encounter an airplane) or that Sixto has inside information on what he does, which is not secret nor advantaged. It is just that he knows what he is doing and enjoys it. (Thanks again, Sixto!)

Just all around bad, misinformed and deliberately vague reporting on Swanni's part. In other words, nothing new.

Maybe, in your view, the station of TCM doesn't have the RIGHT to carry the "HD" in the name, but the quality that is shown on screen is a lot better than what is shown on the SD version of the same station, so I would want to call it "high definition" for that reason alone. It may all be upconverted to 1080i, but it looks pretty darn good.

I'm on the side of it being some of a misnomer myself, but I'm just glad we'll have it for when they DO offer true HD on it.